7CG Forum Guidelines

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Please take a moment to review the forum guidelines below and to adhere to them at all times when on this forum.

We aim for this forum to be a platform for Islamic discussion amongst the youth and the Ummah at large. The purpose is solely for the sake of Allah swt and to spread the message of Islam to Muslims and non-Muslims if they wish to join the forum. We aim to inspire and motivate the Muslim youth of today to not just use Islam as a phrase to throw around when appropriate, but to implement it in our everyday lives. We ask Allah to accept our intentions to spread His da’wah (Islamic call) and to make the forum a success in refuting the common misconceptions about our deen (way of life) and in allowing people to truly appreciate what the beautiful religion of Islam means.

Islamic Guidelines

Islamic Adab
An integral part of Islam is adab (Islamic courtesy) and the way we interact with each other. As an international forum, there may be differences of opinions or disagreements of another nature. However, there are ways to disagree to opinions with respect, and ways to correct another person’s thinking.

The forum shouldn't be used to post any material which is knowingly false and/or offensive, abusive, threatening, invasive of one’s personal privacy and contradicting the rules of general Islamic etiquette. Special care should also be taken when speaking to our younger brothers or sisters as they may not be mature enough to understand certain concepts and so we advise against being harsh, but rather gentle and patient. Also, as a predominantly Islamic forum, respect for Islam is expected from all participants. Non-Muslims are welcome on this forum to debate, discuss and learn, so long as proper etiquette is maintained.

We will try to ensure that Islamic adab is adhered to at all times. Tough (new) measures are in place at the forum in light of what has happened in the past:

General/minor breaches of this rule will attract a 20% warning, with the post edited, or deleted as required.

Personal attacks on members will attract a 40% warning level.

Major breaches of adab will attract a 60% warning level.

Complete disregard for adab, including unfounded claims of members being Kafir or murtad etc, will attract a 3 day suspension.

Freemixing
Free-mixing is a serious issue in Islam, and we will do our part to ensure we abide by Islam’s rulings. Segregated brothers and sisters sections are provided for general chatter. The forum is not to be used for socialising or as a dating/marriage service. Be on your guard in all main sections as zina can easily be fallen into. This includes the Islamic games zone which is mixed - see notice in Games zone for further details. We encourage all members to remind others, as is their Islamic duty, to remind one another if we see it occurring. Jazakallahu Khairan!

No Party Talk
The no party talk rule is to prevent unwarranted and blatant attacking, or promoting, of groups. However, it is not designed to stop the discussion of concepts held by parties, nor the promotion of events held by parties as long as they adhere to the following rules:

The no party talk rule is breached if:

There is blatant promotion of the group - including, but not limited to, open recruitment campaigns.
A party/group is attacked. This rule does not apply if concepts alone are attacked without mention of groups. Keep the discussion based around the concepts themselves rather than specific people representing a group.

The rule is not breached, however, if:

A group's event is promoted in the "your shout" section. This includes, but is not limited to, demonstrations, public lectures and conferences.

Links are provided to external sources that contain concepts that may be known to be held by certain parties, so long as there is no blatant promotion/attacking of groups.

Miscellaneous Forum Procedures

Penalties
These rules are intended to ensure that Islamic rulings and atmosphere are adhered to. The general penalty system, unless otherwise stated will be as follows:

Minor Offence – a 20% warning level increase
Medium Level Offence – a 40% warning level increase
Major Offence – 60% warning level increase
Complete disregard for rules and offences anomalous and grave enough to warrant one will see an instant ban handed out.

If there are any questions or queries about certain rules or posts please contact a member of the mod/admin team.

Entry into the Brothers'/Sisters' Sections
Entry to the segregated Brothers and Sisters' section is on a per-request basis (either in a thread, if noticed by an Admin, or through CONTACTING AN ADMIN). If you would like to gain entry into these excellent segregated sections, then you will need to contact a member of the Admin Team.

For your information, the sister Admins are: UmmTaqwah and Yasmin.
The brothers' Admins are: Sub and Fazza.

The prerequisite for entrance into the segregated sections is that you must accumulate 10 posts before you are let in. Once you have this number of posts, please PM the Admin team, or post in your introduction thread regarding your desire to enter, and Insha Allah you will be let in straight away.

Calendaring your Events at 7CG!
You may want to give an upcoming event you know about a little bit of exposure by having it posted at the 7CG events calendar. The procedure for this is simple – you are required to first post details of your event in the "Your shout!" section, and then simply either notify a member of the Admin team that you would like the event put on the calendar, or you can let us know in your thread in that section.

- Admin Team